Areas of Expertise
Kelvan is a legal manager of Maples and Calder’s Corporate team in the Maples Group’s Hong Kong office. His practice covers a broad range of corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, pre-IPO restructuring and financing, joint ventures, reorganisations, corporate governance, capital markets (including initial public offerings, secondary offerings and preferred share financings), special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and take private transactions. Kelvan also advises on debt capital market transactions and general corporate lending transactions.
Kelvan joined the Maples Group in 2025. He was previously a Partner at Jingtian & Gongcheng LLP and Deacons in Hong Kong respectively where he advised numerous PRC enterprises in capital market transactions. He has over 15 years’ experience in the corporate finance field.
Kelvan has been recognised as a “Top 40 under 40 Lawyer” by Asian Legal Business in 2016. He is ranked as a ‘Notable Practitioner’ in the Capital Markets: Equity category by IFLR1000 from 2019 to 2024.
Member of the Hong Kong Law Society
Bar Admission
2008 – Admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong (not practising)
Education
Chinese University of Hong Kong, BSSc (Government and Public Administration), 2002
University of Nottingham, LLB, 2005
University of Hong Kong, Postgraduate Certificate in Laws, 2006
Languages
Cantonese
English
Mandarin